наш ответ

[ana_pirogova]

Russia has published a list of 18 US officials barred from the country, in response to a similar US list published by the US Treasury on Friday.

A statement described the US move as a severe blow to relations, and said blackmail could not be ignored.

The US published its list under an act named after Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky who died in jail in 2009 in disputed circumstances.

It includes officials who jailed him after he accused them of corruption.

Russia's list, announced by the foreign ministry, includes two former Bush administration officials who are said to have advocated harsh interrogation techniques and two former commanders of the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay.

"The war of lists is not our choice, but we cannot ignore outright blackmail," a statement from the Russian ministry said.